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BEMIDJI -- What started out as a grant to improve healthy choices at the Bemidji Community Food Shelf has become a 22-page cookbook containing dozens of recipes and detailed information about nutrition. One thousand copies of the Bemidji Community Food Shelf Healthy Choices Recipes book were printed, of which about 600 are being given out to food shelf clients.

BEMIDJI -- The serious injury of an infant associated with labor or delivery in a low-risk pregnancy was one of three "adverse health events" that occurred at Sanford Bemidji Medical Center in 2014. The state Department of Health on Thursday released its annual Adverse Health Events in Minnesota report, which covers events that occurred from Oct. 7, 2013, to Oct. 6, 2014.

BEMIDJI -- Two members of the Bemidji State University faculty walked outside along the perimeter of campus on Wednesday as they participated in National Adjunct Walkout Day, a grassroots effort advocating for better pay for adjunct faculty members. Sylvia Olney and Janet Moen, both adjunct professors of sociology, walked along Birchmont Drive holding placards demanding equal pay for equal work. According to literature they provided, the walkout is designed to shed light on the "destructive effects 'adjunctification' is having" on campuses throughout the United States.

BEMIDJI -- Most area high schools are above the state average in graduation rates, but there still is room for improvement. Minnesota had a four-year graduation rate of 81.2 for 2013-14, according to data released Tuesday from the Minnesota Department of Education. Bemidji High School's rate eclipsed the state average with 83. 2 percent but that was a slight dip from the BHS rate of 85.8 in 2013. "We definitely want that (rate) to be higher," said Kathy Palm, director of curriculum and administrative services for Bemidji Area Schools. "...

BEMIDJI -- The Bemidji School Board on Monday is set to consider a calendar for the 2015-16 school year that just may make everyone happy. Two years ago, in planning for 2013-14, the district first introduced the idea of early release dates to facilitate professional development. Last winter, in discussing what became the current year's calendar, the School Board supported a plan that did not include a spring break, thus bucking a long-held trend of every-other year spring breaks. Then, this year, a new conflict arose as it became clear that graduation, scheduled this year a week earlier th

BEMIDJI -- The science fair project that Damaris Berg chose to undertake set out to answer a question: Is Mom right? "My mom is always yelling at us for not turning the lights off so I wanted to see if it was really costing that much," she said. So, was Mom right? "Yes," Damaris said, sheepishly laughing.

BEMIDJI -- Oak Hills Christian College has been selected as a finalist in the Stanley Security Together for Safer Schools grant program. At stake is $100,000 in Stanley Security-installed products and services to help secure students and facilities within the campus. The contest requires schools to rally for votes online via the designated Stanley Security voting site, through text message and Twitter. Supporters can vote all three ways daily through Feb.

BEMIDJI -- Ten local high-schoolers just this week began working toward becoming certified nursing assistants. That newly resurrected program came on the heels of a celebration that recognized eight other high-school students who earned a total of 15 certificates in mechatronics. This is the future of Bemidji High School, according to Bemidji Area Schools officials who unveiled a plan on Monday for Bemidji Lumberjack Academy, a program that not only will prepare local students for careers after high school but will also work directly with higher-learning institutions and local employers to e